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Where does “πλέω” come from?

πλέω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

πλέω (Ancient Greek): sail; float

Definitions

  1. sail; float

Ancestry of “πλέω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “πλέω”

  • nauplius
  • pleopod
  • Nafplio
  • pleuston
  • pleopodal
  • metanauplius
  • pleustonic
  • nauplius
  • nauplio
  • κρουαζιερόπλοιο
  • επιπλέω
  • πλοίο
  • Ναύπλιο
  • πλέω
  • πλεῦσις
  • ἐπιπλέω
  • πλοῖον
  • Ναύπλιος
  • ναύπλιος
  • Nauplius
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